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R package for openVA: a suite of tools for multiple VA methods
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Question: Data Conversion in openVA #19

Closed mboyas-mitre closed 5 years ago

mboyas-mitre commented 5 years ago

https://github.com/verbal-autopsy-software/openVA/blob/d6e2af78af59d55ba7dc4421dc1559f1fa94a108/openVA/R/ConvertData.r#L1

Much of this code to convert data standards seems very similar to code contained in CrossVA - what is the intended use case for these functions in openVA and how do these functions fit into the pipeline at large?

mboyas-mitre commented 5 years ago

Discussion with Sam on the 2/5/19 call suggested that much of this code is deprecated and pre-dates CrossVA, which is the preferred data conversion method going forward. Proposal to remove the functionality from openVA for maintainability and ease of use.

richardli commented 5 years ago

thanks, will coordinate with crossVA to make the transition if necessary. It's also a quite simple function, so that may not be necessary.